I am an American baby boomer with varied interests and I consider myself to be a new-comer to photography, especially digital photography. Since getting my Nikon 7900 in '04, I have become rather interested in capturing wildflower and small critter close-up images: thus most of my postings are of those subjects, but occasionally I do find other things that either interest me or I just feel compelled to share, lol. I use a point and shoot Nikon 7900 coolpix digital camera and I am usually within a few inches of my subjects. I seldom use a tripod. My camera has very few manual adjustments so most of the time I have it set to "macro" mode. With this setting, I get a 7.8mm lens with an f stop of 4.8 and aperture speed of around 1/50-1/100 of a sec. I do my digital editing using Paint Shop Pro XI as the primary program with some usage of a few specialized features in Photoshop 7. I appreciate all comments but I ESPECIALLY like those that give honest critiques. Update: I bought a Nikon D40X with 2 Nikon AF-S VR lens (18-55mm and 55-200mm) at the end of 2008 but did not have free time to play with it until May 2009. It is a steep learning curve to go from point and shoot to DSLR, especially if one knows nothing about photography beyond - turn it on - then point and shoot, lol.
Update #2 - Aug 2013: I bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC - Lx7 because the Coolpix 7900 is on it's last legs. BIO I am a 60ish single man with a diverse background of employment. Among other things, at one time or another, I have been an engineering draftsman, a union carpenter, a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stagehands union, a stained glass pattern maker, a ranch hand, a lifeguard, and a member of the USAF for almost 8 years. I have been retired for over 20 years because of a back injury and now spend my time enjoying my 25 acres of Northeast Texas Woodland. I have been building a house for the past 10 years and may even finish it eventually, lol. Thanks to all who have taken the time to comment on my postings and I hope everyone (who has clicked on one of them) enjoyed the image. Lee
Comments (8)
JeffG7BRJ
Now is the time to sit back and relax for a while, when you are in fulltime work you get rest periods and freetime for holidays. I think you have just come up to Spring break, so you must be entitled to one week off at least. We don't want you working to hard and wrecking your back again. Nice to see a post from you Lee, and an excellent one it is as well, no butterflies round here yet, it was snowing and hail stone this afternoon and more is forcast for the week ahead, frost overnight tonight. Superb capture and presentation. Bravo!!!!!
durleybeachbum
What a marvellous name this creature has! Beautiful pic, it looks great on the red plant. I live much further south than Jeff, we have had several of our regular butterflies return this season, the first in January!
kimariehere
beautiful capture lee looks amazing on the red flowers beautifully done macro work!!
bpclarke
Beautiful capture! The color contrasts make this outstanding. Bunny
SouthBeachPhoto
Wow! Works for me, great macro!
RobyHermida
Excellent photo, Well done! ROBY
MrsLubner
Maybe its time to take a couple weeks off and get back to the house a little later. Sometimes things look fresher after a short vacation. I like this butterfly and the flower is really interesting too.
afugatt
Beautiful picuture. Fantastic lighting.